The people of Myanmar are facing an unprecedented political, socioeconomic, human rights and humanitarian crisis with needs escalating dramatically since the military takeover and a severe third wave fo COVID-19 in 2021. The expansion of armed conflict into and formation of new armed elements in new areas is driving increased displacement and has exacerbated and generated new protection and food security needs.
The economic and political turmoil of 2021 is projected to have driven almost half the population into poverty. Increasing numbers of vulnerable people are exhausting their coping capacity and are now slipping into humanitarian need. Price hikes, COVID-19 movement restrictions and ongoing insecurity have forced the most vulnerable to resort to crisis or emergency coping strategies to buy food and other basic supplies. Open conflict, inter-communal tensions and recurrent climate-related shocks continue to undermine the stability and availability of food supplies as well as physical and economic access to food.
Announcements
Next Coordination Meeting
13 September 2022 - 1530 YGN time
New releases
* Southeast Myanmar Response Snapshot. 18 August 2022. Interactive dashboard of food security cluster coverage in townships in Southeast Myanmar.
* State Maps comparing Prioritisation and Beneficiaries reached. 16 August 2022. Link directs to folder with a .png for each state/region. Click on the desired state, then click the download button. Maps are not meant to be viewed online. Supplemental plots to the technical document on Township Prioritisation.
* Interactive Response Dashboard Q2 2022. 22 July 2022. Interactive response dashboard.
5W Reports
Conflict and Prioritisation
Township Prioritisation
1 June 2022. Technical document on the clustering of townships into 5 groups according to multidimensional vulnerability and conflict.
Supplemental state/regions maps. Link directs to folder with a .png for each state/region. Click on the desired state, then click the download button. Maps are not meant to be viewed online.
Understanding Conflict Dynamics in Myanmar through Conflict and Incident Data: A Food Security Perspective
Updated 1 June 2022. Exploratory data analysis of the Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset (ACLED) for Myanmar. Comprehensive overview of conflict in Myanmar since 2021, including conflict trends and patterns, text analytics and comparison with food security cluster footprint.
Response Dashboards
Miscellaneous
Food Security Analysis – March 2022
Only PDF available. Update on food security situation in Myanmar.
Open Data
Information sharing protocol
Current policy on information and data sharing. Approved by the ICCG. Link.
People in Need and Targets
Humanitarian response plan PIN and targets for the food security cluster at Admin level 3 (township). Link.
ACLED
Extracted 2022-06-06. Conflict reference table, at incident level. Read into .csv for public sharing. Link.
ACLED Actors
Extracted 2022-06-06. Conflict reference table – long table, by incident and actor. Public. Link.
Conflict Scores and Township Clustering
Link. Public dataset at Admin level 3. Output of Township Prioritisation.
Township-level Reference Dataset
General purpose township-level dataset, includes multidimensional vulnerability updated to 2019. Good first dataset for new partners. Link.
Vulnerability in Myanmar
Census reference dataset. Dataset used for the creation of the MIMU-HARP Vulnerability Index based on 2015 Census data. Public. Link. Original report here.
Shapefiles
MIMU shapefiles. Administrative level 1 and 3 shapefiles. Public. Links for Admin level 1 and Admin level 3.
